aaaaannd..... he says and to much, speaks poor english and is a very unfair grader. i recieved a B on every test than a C for a final grade. when i asked him why he said it was b/c i didnt prticipate...thats ludicris. i had perfect attendance.

A big fan of the letter C. Very hard to stay awake never mind try and understand him. Not only is his speaking english horrid, his test are very poorly written and hard to understand at times. He def. should call it quites with this whole teaching thin

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Worse class... i got an A- but still wonder how could students put up with him (arrogance, english accent, and of most importance, the way he looks like he couldn't care less.)

I really feel bad for any other the professors under his watch and any oof the students who have to take him. He is not interested in the well being of the students and is completly unwilling to help. It wasn't until I went above him that I got any help on questions that he should answer! This guy is awful and needs to go. Get him out of here!

This guy is the most unorganized and non helping prof ever! Never help people who needed it. Only gave us one grade through out the sem which was the midterm. other than that u dont know wut u got on any assignments. I think he bases grades on personality of students. He is def bias towards students. Dont take him unless u want a wildcard as a gr.

GREEATTTTTTTT PROF... if you like sending e-mails without getting responses, printing out ridiculous amounts of crap to read, and taking tests that are based on absolutely nothing. if you can't make his office hours, don't bother trying to get help, and if you DO get ahold of him, expect one word answers. take him for an added dose of stress.

Mendez is pointless, you can hardly understand him, and when you do, he's condescending and rude. all his tests are online and have hardly any of the information from the lectures or books. if you want a headache take his class. If it wasn't for his teacher aid, he'd be unbearable.

i took this class in a 200 person lecture. all his tests are online. only like 4 grades for the whole class and they are all tests which are impossible. i got a D on the first 2 and decided to drop the class. you can barely understand the way he speaks. he's the head of the communications dept and really just should not be a professor

Speaks broken english, which means his impossible online tests are written in broken english, all the questions are vague..just hard in general, and that's your whole grade so if you mess up 1 or 2 you're screwed, don't take him

Worst class I've ever taken. DO NOT TAKE!

He was extremely difficult to understand with his heavy accent. His online tests are very hard and I am not just saying that to complain. I studied my ass off for 2 weeks before the test and it was impossible. I dropped the class because it was really not worth it. I don't recommend taking his class.

Do not, I repeat DO NOT, take this course with this professor..online or even in general. He is so disorganized and doesn't respond to emails in a timely fashion. Taking the online course is next to impossible to follow because he uses a syllabus from 2 years ago which has all the wrong dates on it. Very unorganized. Would not recommend!

HORRIBLE. Avoid him at ALL COSTS. He is extremely rude and disrespectful to this students. His tests are a entirely nonsensical and riddled with grammatical errors making it nearly impossible to earn a decent grade. Blackboard and syllabus are out of order. Doesn't respond to any emails and when he does its no help.

I took an online class with him over the summer and it was the absolute worst class ever. He never posted anything he said he was going to post, he changed due dates almost everyday, and I never knew what was going on. It was awful. I do not recommend taking his classes. Awful.

does not help, never answers emails, can't understand

It is hard to understand his very thick accent at times, but he knows that. I was in a large lecture hall which was an awful experience. No one talked because we were all too nervous to speak in front of 200 people. When I asked him questions directly he would not make eye contact and was extremely rude and passive. Tests are hard.

Not one email back ever. No communication, hard to understand, long HARD tests that are made from the book and that's your only means of getting graded. Give me SOMETHING to boost my grade.

He gives you a grade with no feedback and he's a very hard grader. He's not clear with his assignments. He does not follow the syllabus and he does things on the fly. He's a horrible teacher and I will never take another class with him again. Avoid taking any of his classes if possible, that includes online too. He doesn't care about his students

Just avoid taking him at all costs. All he does is show you powerpoints with info that is not on his online tests. It's a lecture class so it was tough as it is to pay attention and he did not make it any less boring.

No that's all simply no, his exams are hard because a good part of them are things he did not teach us, he does not respond to your emails so don't bother. I received the lowest grade in my college career taking his course . If you need to take this class find a different professor

Grade is based off of just tests and the tests don't include the information provided in class or in the book. Difficult to understand. I would not take him again.

Professor Mendez is a nice guy but he only grades his students based off of tests that consist of barely any material that was taught. It is very easy to fail his exams. You won't find the information in your notes or in the book half of the time. I would stay clear of this professor and I would not take him again.

This was, by far, the worst communications class I have ever taken. If you miss more than 3 classes he drops your final grade in the course by a letter grade and will also fail you on the spot if he catches you texting. His lectures are pointless and the tests are the only way to score points and they have nothing to do with his lectures. TERRIBLE.

Mendez's class was terrible, he is awkward when he talks and its difficult to understand. His tests were extremely difficult because only little information that he talked about in class is actually on the test. This was one of the worst teachers I've had in a while, do not take him

DO NOT TAKE!!!! Not a good professor at all. Barley able to understand him and talks the whole class about things that do not matter on the tests. Also, the test have nothing to do with the book or lecture. He does not respond to emails and does not help clarifying things. Just dont take this dude.

Selected only two tags, because I couldn't find "trash" as a description. Worst professor at CCSU of all time. He's the only one who teaches two core courses for Comm, so every Comm major must walk through this hell. Must have short-man syndrome, don't know what his deal is.. but be prepared for a drama queen on a power trip. ABSOLUTE WORST.

This class was required for my major. I would not recommend this professor at all. He is difficult, makes exams full of information we did not go over in class, and overall just horrible. Our class faced many issues, after which he attempted to take away exams promised in the syllabus. This class was a bad experience.

Avoid this professor if you can. Lectures are long and boring, and unrelated to anything on the tests. He doesn't deserve to be working as a professor. Not only have I not learned anything, I have been completely inconvenienced by this class. Finals week has already ended and we have another exam this week at 7 am, after another from 11pm - 2am

Mendez came off as an okay professor, but as the year went on, things became very confusing and off track. We only had 5 test through the semester, one in particular, 90% of the class failed. Very tough tester, doesn't prep you for test, and I tried multiple times to email him with no response. I don't recommend him, I barely scraped by with credit

Being in his class is funny as he is a great storyteller but his workload is absolute ASS. He doesn't teach anything in which I've learned nothing in media literacy and the papers he assigned for him missing a month were absolute garbage. I would have rather had a sub - DONT TAKE THIS CLASS!!!!

Hard to understand and doesn't lecture well. The only Graded things in the class are tests and you only have the power points to study from with no opportunity's to fix your grade if you don't feel comfortable with your standing.

One of the most disorganized professors I've had. He would cancel class almost every week and sometimes he wouldn't even show up. Almost all of the material on the tests we did not go over in class, I feel like I barely learned anything in his class. He will give you an oppourtunity to drop the lowest test grade which was nice.

I would not take Prof. Mendez again. His class was mandatory for my major, but the way he covered the material was awful. Material was hard to find, very disorganized. First test was very easy, the last two were literally on material he never mentioned or included on any presentation. If possible, avoid. If you must take him, make sure you show up.

I am taking his online class and would not take one of his again.l have to take a winter session and he only answers emails during his office hours which are for 2 hours a week. I have yet to have one of my emails answered in full and sometimes it never gets answered. I feel as though he does not care and he does not give any feedback for anything,

His online class this past winter, was a mess. Nothing was organized, emails were ignored and tests were confusing and messy. I would not recommend this class or professor to anyone who has questions to ask . Students were neglected by this professor. All he had to do was answers emails during his 6 office hours.

He is from a different country and has a strong accent. Also if you ask for help he grows very impatient. This class is SO lecture heavy and he's very boring and monotone. He knows what he's talking about but if you have trouble paying attention you won't do well. All of your grade relies on 4 exams worth 50pts each and are biweekly. Exams can be d

Took him online over the summer. Lots of 400 word posts on online discussion board topics (about 13 in all). Bunch of tests which are fairly difficult (look in the glossary of your textbook for keywords, it helps a lot). Setup on Blackboard was very sloppy. I would say take him online if possible, but only take him if absolutely necessary.

Highly unorganized. Was not clear on what the assignments were. Grading unclear and abrupt.

Just a sad and irritable little man. This whole experience was a nightmare, don't bother having anything to do with communications at ccsu. Horrible.

COMM majors: avoid if at all possible. Entire online class is one weekly discussion post based off of poorly scanned, outdated PDF's and 4 short-answer tests. Absolutely no lecture aspect where he actually teaches, yet is available for 6+ hours of "online office hours". Didn't learn a single thing in what could have been a very interesting class.

COMM majors: avoid if at all possible. Entire online class is one weekly discussion post based off of poorly scanned, outdated PDF's and 4 short essays. Absolutely no lecture aspect where he actually teaches, yet is available for 6+ hours of "online office hours". Didn't learn a single thing in what could have been a very interesting class.

Doesn't respond to emails at all and doesn't factor in technical difficulties.

I took this class as an async.. WORST decision. His material is all over the place and is EXTREMELY confusing. This professor does not respond at all. I would avoid at all costs. I read some of the positive feed back and gave it a chance.... I should have just listened to the majority of the reviews.

Took this class ASYNC, worst mistake ever. To start, the professor has horrible spelling and grammar on blackboard, emails, and tests. says that they check email regularly, but have not even acknowledged let alone responded. The format of the class is whack, basically thrown in the deep end and told to figure it out with little to no guidance.

Dont ignore the bad reviews! I highly recommend NOT taking this professor. His material is all over the place, he has an unclear grading criteria, he NEVER responds to emails, always has typos, misspelled words, and grammatical errors in HIS instructions. If you can avoid taking any class hes teaching I suggest you do that! He just doesnt care.

This will probably be the worst professor you have! He has no structure, is very rude and has no criteria on for his grading. He ghosts your emails and is very nonchalant when you ask for help or questions in person. He seems like he's only doing it for a paycheck and doesn't care. Its like he throws darts at a board to come up with your grade.